Jacob Holdt

Danish photographer
Person human Q721352
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Jacob Holdt

Summary

Jacob Holdt is a human[1]. His place of birth was Copenhagen[2]. He was born on April 29, 1947[3]. He worked as a photographer[4] and film director[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month, #7,271 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Jacob Holdt was born in Copenhagen[2].
  • Jacob Holdt was born on April 29, 1947[3].
  • Jacob Holdt held citizenship in Kingdom of Denmark[7].
  • Jacob Holdt worked as a photographer[4].
  • Jacob Holdt's professions included film director[5].
  • Jacob Holdt received the Q136736210[8].
  • Jacob Holdt is recorded as male[9].
  • Jacob Holdt's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Jacob Holdt's Commons category is recorded as Jacob Holdt[11].
  • Jacob Holdt's family name is recorded as Holdt[12].
  • Jacob Holdt's given name is recorded as Jacob[13].
  • Jacob Holdt's participant in is recorded as The People's Meeting 2016[14].
  • Jacob Holdt's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[15].
  • Jacob Holdt's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Danish[16].
  • Jacob Holdt's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Jacob Holdt'}[17].
  • Jacob Holdt's copyright representative is recorded as reproduction right not represented by CISAC member[18].
  • Jacob Holdt's copyright status as a creator is recorded as works protected by copyrights[19].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[20]

  • Country: DK[21]

  • Began / founded: 1947-04-29[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 31a976b7-8719-4972-bee8-7e78bffda7b6[23]

Body

Origins and Family

Jacob Holdt's place of birth was Copenhagen[2]. He was born on April 29, 1947[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include photographer[4] and film director[5].

Recognition

Jacob Holdt received the Q136736210[8].

Why It Matters

Jacob Holdt ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month, #7,271 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

FAQs

Where was Jacob Holdt born?

Jacob Holdt was born in Copenhagen[2].

What did Jacob Holdt do for work?

Jacob Holdt worked as photographer[4] and film director[5].

What awards did Jacob Holdt receive?

Honors received include Q136736210[8].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . tv2kosmopol.dk. Retrieved . tv2kosmopol.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ADAGP directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Copyright representative reproduction right not represented by CISAC member
    Award received
    Instance of human
    Languages spoken, written or signed English, Danish
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